Anderson Boy Scouts camp near former Manse Jolly home

The fireplace in the Anderson farmhouse where Manse Jolly once lived features a pair of andirons with his initials.

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Boy Scouts from Troop 314 prepare to raise the American flag on a farm north of Anderson where Manse Jolly once lived. By some accounts, Jolly killed as many as 100 Union soldiers after returning to South Carolina at the end of the Civil War.

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Scoutmaster David Stein tells a dozen11-year-old Boy Scouts about Manse Jolly, a widely known Civil War figure from Anderson.

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Boy Scout Steven Merck studies a compass under the watchful eye of Troop 314 Assistant Scoutmaster Donnie Shreve. Merck was one of a dozen 11-year-old Boy Scouts who camped out on the farm where Manse Jolly, the Civil War figure from Anderson, once lived.

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Three Boy Scouts learn about how to handle knives safely during a class Saturday at a farm north of Anderson where Manse Jolly once lived.

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Rick Rogers teaches Boy Scouts about how to safely handle knives during a class Saturday at the farm where Manse Jolly once lived.

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A group of 11-year-old Boy Scouts prepare breakfast Saturday morning at the farm where Manse Jolly once lived.

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Boy Scout Joseph Bryant and Troop 314 Assistant Scoutmaster Donnie Shreve work with compasses at the farm where Manse Jolly once lived.

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Ritch Simmons teaches a first-aid class to Boy Scouts at the farm where Manse Jolly once lived.